Larry,Thanks for the feedback!  This is the first I've heard of anyone using
it with high school students so it's exciting to hear how they're reacting
to it.

Leslie

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:56 PM, <LaFerlazzo at aol.com> wrote:


>  Hi, Everybody,

>

> My high school students have been using USA Learns a couple of times a week

> since it "opened for business" and have found it very engaging and useful

> (as have I!).  Both they and I have particularly liked how easy it is for

> students to listen and then record (and subsequently listen) to their

> repeating words.

>

> In fact, when I tell students during the last fifteen minutes of class that

> they can log-off and go to any of the other 9,000 links on my website, well

> over half the class typically chooses to stay on USA Learns, which has been

> surprising to me since many of those other links are pretty engaging games.

>

> I have to say that I didn't realize until I saw the email here that it was

> possible to set-up virtual classrooms and for teachers to check student

> work.  That will come in handy for our Family Literacy Project where we

> provide home computers and Internet access to immigrant families.

>

> Congratulations to everybody involved in its development!

>

> Larry Ferlazzo

> Luther Burbank High School

> http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/

> Sacramento, CA

>

>

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